Jaw breaking sound, class soundstage, detail, top dynamics, bass, mids. It sounds like a very large speaker. A must-hear. Try it with Nordost Blue Heaven if your system is good enough (bi-wire them). It will give you pure magic.

Dont get fooled by the price. This speaker is so good that it must be matched with systems and cables of 5000$+ category.

By far one of the top buys for the money. Unparallel good soundstage. Unparallel mids, high resolution, detail, tweeter quality (30KHz), clarity and most of all bass that you may think it comes from a large floorstanding speaker. For me it is the best speaker of price category and it is also among the best of the category 1000-2000$

Great soundstage, especially width is good. Imaging is quiet solid. Exceptional bass if controlled well, see review.

A bit dinamically limited, experienced some construction problems in the crossover, which caused some unwanted resonances, and a cap. had to glued back.

These speakers are wonderful for the monney, i concluded during the last 6 months i have been using this speaker. I was shopping around to get a speaker, that can sound good, so i can build up my system around its abilities. I could not buy everything, i am a student you know with limited budget. After listening to a lot of speakers, inc. Jmlab chorus 716 S, Kef q5, Phonar p30, etc., i found that at this price all the floorstanding speakers are weird sounding in a way, that all have their bass seperated from the upper frequencies, and that irritated me, and still. The proac has wonderful abilities in this respect. Some things apply to the speaker: 1. You will need high mass stands. I use a pair, weighting 16 kilos a piece fullfilled. I put some special rubberlike glue among the stand and the speaker, and spikes under the stands. This gives solid and controlled bass, other it may seems overpronounced. 2. The right equipment match is necessary. An amp with adequate power is needed to avoid slow bass. The speaker seems a bit short of upper treble, which can be cured with the right speaker cable. I found Harmonich technology fantasy a good choice. My amp is a copland csa-8. CD: Audiomecca obsession, IC : HT Prosilway mk3. This setup is a well balanced wonderful sounding combination, which i highly recommend.

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Kef q1

solid and tight base, very centered. Natural mid-range

sensitive to equipment matching, may need much power.

I found these speakers to be quite sensitive. It was not until I bridged a Rogue Eighty-eight integrated with a B&K 140 watt power amp, that I achieved the sound that I had initially been anticipating form these speakers. Prior to the B&K, much was lacking with symphonic music, and other material needing push, leading me to believe that significant wattage may be best for these speakers. Overall, listening to the 2000s with only the Rogue eighty-eight integrated, at 60 wpc, is sufficient, but not enough to let these speakers shine. With the B&K, at 140 wpc, these speakers do have pound or pumping quality at bass level (w/ techno hiphop jazz), as well as transparency with symphonic. Vocals are amazing as well. With Haydn and Ella they are brillant, but I often find myself hooking up a pair of Thiel 1.6 for bopping jazz and bluegrass.

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Rogue 88 integrated, Cary tube cd player B&K component 140 wpc

Very nice, non-fatiguing treble. Great bass for their size. Well made.

Lack of pulse pounding dynamics.

Well, if you're interested in the speaker, first of all, there aren't a lot of reviews of it on the web. So don't kill yourself searching. Only What Hi-Fi's "five star" rating/review (which is easy to locate, do a Google search) can be found (although What Hi-Fi throws quite a few "five stars" around) and there is also a nice review here: http://thestar.com.my/audio/story.asp?file=/1999/11/04proac And, frankly, that's about it. Except for the reviews here. I sure wish there was more to learn about them. Even Proac's website is a study is a Sphinx-like personality. Most the talk on the web is about the "signature" model which is $600 more and uses fancier woods and different drivers - which rules out using those reviews as a reference. (There's also a great deal of talk about the Tablette 50s, but the Proac Tablette 2000 replaced that model, so again you can't go by those reviews. For the reviewer who trashed the speaker below, well it's based on his preferences. He also mentioned the speaker not sharing the sound of some earlier models. What he doesn't note was that Sam Tellig of Stereophile also called an early tablette one of the worst, badly balanced speakers he'd ever heard. So I wouldn't worry about pining after a long lost sound. Stick to the present. Anyway, here is my summary of the speakers after having them in my home for a month. These are very laid back speakers, which I enjoy. I bought these to replace a pair of B&W 602 S2 loudspeakers which I didn't because they were too bright. The B&Ws did do one thing far better than the Tablette - they had tremedous dynamics,which the Tablette can't match. I must say I miss that aspect of the B&Ws. But I don't miss their brightness. Once reason I don't like bright speakers is because I like to listen for long periods of time and my ears get fatigued, exit the B&Ws. My system includes an Adcom GFA 535 amp, a Harmon Kardon Citation solid state preamp (medium priced), and a Marantz 6000 OSE CD player, which is considered "full bodied" meaning it gives a rather lush presentation. So I'm not running a zillion dollar system, if you don't have one either. My equipment give the Proacs a very nice, smooth non-fatiguing sound. As one reviewer below said, they are not the incredibly detailed sounding speaker that higher end Proacs are - but frankly I wasn't looking for that. Yes, I am an audiophile, but I am also realistic about what I listen to. Frankly another reason I wanted to get rid of the B&Ws was because the discs I burned from MP3s sounded harsh and terrible. Perhaps they were too revealling. If you're only going to listen to audiophile recordings of chicks with violins, great, go for those ruthlessly revealing speakers. I wanted a good "all-rounder" that I could listen to lousy recordings as well as a good recording and enjoy both. The mellow presentation of the Proacs lets me do that. I can enjoy MP3s on these speakers as well as discs like Patricia Barber's Modern Cool (I was always bothered by sibilance on that disc, but the lovely forgiving quality of the Tablette's tweeter smoothed that right out.) Part of the Tablettes smooth character is also due to their generous bass, which is really very suprising considering their size. To sum it up. I think these are very good speakers, mellow in character. I'm happy to recommend them to listeners who enjoy a speaker that is easy to listen to. (Middle aged audiophiles, that means you!) Cheers!

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About 15 different speakers in my lifetime from $300 to $3,000 and these are some of the most pleasant I've owned. A very refined speaker for audiophiles who've outgrown their thrashing days.

Very nice, non-fatiguing treble. Great bass for their size. Well made.

Lack of pulse pounding dynamics.

Well, if you're interested in the speaker, first of all, there aren't a lot of reviews of it on the web. So don't kill yourself searching. Only What Hi-Fi's "five star" rating/review (which is easy to locate, do a Google search) can be found (although What Hi-Fi throws quite a few "five stars" around) and there is also a nice review here: http://thestar.com.my/audio/story.asp?file=/1999/11/04proac And, frankly, that's about it. Except for the reviews here. I sure wish there was more to learn about them. Even Proac's website is a study is a Sphinx-like personality. Most the talk on the web is about the "signature" model which is $600 more and uses fancier woods and different drivers - which rules out using those reviews as a reference. (There's also a great deal of talk about the Tablette 50s, but the Proac Tablette 2000 replaced that model, so again you can't go by those reviews. For the reviewer who trashed the speaker below, well it's based on his preferences. He also mentioned the speaker not sharing the sound of some earlier models. What he doesn't note was that Sam Tellig of Stereophile also called an early tablette one of the worst, badly balanced speakers he'd ever heard. So I wouldn't worry about pining after a long lost sound. Stick to the present. Anyway, here is my summary of the speakers after having them in my home for a month. These are very laid back speakers, which I enjoy. I bought these to replace a pair of B&W 602 S2 loudspeakers which I didn't because they were too bright. The B&Ws did do one thing far better than the Tablette - they had tremedous dynamics,which the Tablette can't match. I must say I miss that aspect of the B&Ws. But I don't miss their brightness. Once reason I don't like bright speakers is because I like to listen for long periods of time and my ears get fatigued, exit the B&Ws. My system includes an Adcom GFA 535 amp, a Harmon Kardon Citation solid state preamp (medium priced), and a Marantz 6000 OSE CD player, which is considered "full bodied" meaning it gives a rather lush presentation. So I'm not running a zillion dollar system, if you don't have one either. My equipment give the Proacs a very nice, smooth non-fatiguing sound. As one reviewer below said, they are not the incredibly detailed sounding speaker that higher end Proacs are - but frankly I wasn't looking for that. Yes, I am an audiophile, but I am also realistic about what I listen to. Frankly another reason I wanted to get rid of the B&Ws was because the discs I burned from MP3s sounded harsh and terrible. Perhaps they were too revealling. If you're only going to listen to audiophile recordings of chicks with violins, great, go for those ruthlessly revealing speakers. I wanted a good "all-rounder" that I could listen to lousy recordings as well as a good recording and enjoy both. The mellow presentation of the Proacs lets me do that. I can enjoy MP3s on these speakers as well as discs like Patricia Barber's Modern Cool (I was always bothered by sibilance on that disc, but the lovely forgiving quality of the Tablette's tweeter smoothed that right out.) Part of the Tablettes smooth character is also due to their generous bass, which is really very suprising considering their size. To sum it up. I think these are very good speakers, mellow in character. I'm happy to recommend them to listeners who enjoy a speaker that is easy to listen to. (Middle aged audiophiles, that means you!) Cheers!

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About 15 different speakers in my lifetime from $300 to $3,000 and these are some of the most pleasant I've owned. A very refined speaker for audiophiles who've outgrown their thrashing days.

Tight bass. Good sound staging. Very musical sound.

Good bass for a stnad mount

none so far

I had been looking around for a stand mounter in the $1000 price range. I compared the B&W CDM1 NT ,JM Lab Cobalt 806, and even took a listen to the B&W 805 out of curiosity. After hearing these Stand mounters I was initially impressed witht the highs however disapointed with the bass. The Cobalt was initially the more impressive than the CDM. However after a good listening session their brightness began to become tiresome. THe CDM is a wonderful speaker however the bass was definately a lot lighter than I expected. While the 805 is a great speaker sounded small and it had a similar effect on my ears as it''s younger brother. I thought maybe I would have to move onto a floorstander in the $1500-$2000 range to get the bass response that I wanted. However John, the owner of Audio Connection, persuaded me to take a listen to the Tablettes. I find that these speakers seem to fit my envisionment of musical reproduction. You can feel each chord of Eric Clapton and B.B. King''s guitars in "riding with the king". Branford Marlsalis''s sax strikes your soul in "i heard you twice the first time". And there is even enough bass to satisfy my ears on Jamiroquai''s funk. Having listened to these and others in the Pro-ac line I am convinced that nothing at this point in my life can satisfy my ears and soul quite as much for the similar price range. System: Marantz SR-880 Reciever Marantz CD-67SE CD player Audioquest Indigo plus Cable Audioquest Opal Interconects

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smoothe, musical and spacious sound stage

rather thin

I had audited tablette 2000 in different shop and I really love its smooth and musical sound. Then I decided to buy it. But yesterday, When I heard the dynaudio audience 50, I found that it's strong and deep bass, fast, and accuracy detailed is also amazing.

And now, I found very very hard to decide which one to buy.Can any one give any suggestion to me? Your opinion will be extremely valuable to me, pls give me some advice, Please!!
Thank you very much!!

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extremely musical

i absolutely love these speakers... i am no audiophile,but i certainly know what appeals to my ear.In the sub $1500 price range,these speakers stood out

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Last year i have the oportunity to heard these magical Boxes. I am an owner of Epos es 11´s and absolutely I love them. The Epos es 11 (and Epos es12; the twos are very similar) have strenghts that the Tablette 2000 don´t have (in my view the epos have greater transparency) But the tablettes offer a more natural view of the music, an incredible soundstage, a room filling sound, that the Epos doesn't quite match. The natural, life-like presentation of voices was incredible, completely free of harness and sibilance, and the stability of the images and agility of bass is simple the best I have heard at this price. In the 1999 awards issue of What Hi-fi magazine i have read a review of this Proacs and my views about them are identical. I agree absolutely with the review. Absolutely recommended!